UFC roster space is at a premium like never before. Jon Fitch – arguably the third greatest welterweight in UFC history – was a high-profile casualty this past week as officials confirmed they’ll be trimming their their roster by a hundred or so fighters.

That made for some nervous fighters at Saturday’s UFC 157 event, including Matt Grice. But though the fighter lost for the second time in his past three fights (and fell to 2-5 overall in the organization), his job is safe.

“When these guys came (backstage) after their fight, obviously [Grice] was really upset,” White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I said, ‘That’s one of those fights where there’s no loser. There is no loser in that fight.’

“When you turn on your TV set and you put down your money or you buy a ticket, that’s what you expect to show up and see. As a fight fan, those are the kind of fights you want to watch. And those are the kind of fights where guys won’t get cut. It’s pretty easy – pretty simple.”

Bermudez and Grice’s back-and-forth, bloody and brutal affair provided thrilling entertainment on the FX-televised portion of the preliminary card. And that’s precisely why fighters such as Grice won’t lose roster spots, and that’s why every event won’t necessarily see a round of contract terminations, White said.

“Listen, the cut thing, when I told you guys we were over 100, that’s an absolute fact,” he said. “Me and (matchmaker) Joe Silva were talking about this tonight. There’s going to be a night where we put on a card where there’s going to be 15 guys we cut. And then there’s going to be a night where we put on a card where we don’t cut any of the losers.”

Bermudez, who’s now won three straight fights since a three-bout skid that his own job in jeopardy, lauded Grice, who dropped him with a left hook in the first round. Bermudez staged a rally and hit him with dozens of crushing blows, but Grice refused to go down.

“This dude is tough, man,” Bermudez said. “I was drilling away, and he wasn’t dropping. I was like, ‘Man, would you fall down already?'”

Grice is assured another UFC fight, and in this case, a good-looking loss probably means more than a bad win. Still, he’s not convinced he didn’t deserve the victory.

“I just need to go back and watch it again,” he said. “I think it was a really close fight. I’ve got a lot of respect for Dennis. He’s a tough competitor.

“I didn’t come away with the W tonight. I’m stoked to get the ‘Fight of the Night,’ but I’d give it back for a win any day. My goal is to come here and win. The ‘Fight of the Night’ is a bonus, but I came to win. But hat’s off to Dennis.”